Important News

Congratulations to Surmayee Jain who won the Dale Carnegie Leadership Essay Contest at the Applications & Research Laboratory (ARL). Surmayee received a scholarship to The Dale Carnegie Young Adult Leadership Program (YALP) which will be held in Western Howard County this summer. She had the best essay describing what leadership means, where she has seen it demonstrated and the essential…

Below is the link that Balfour sent for CTE students to order their CTE completer cord for Graduation. CTE cord colors are “Turquoise & White.” (Early College cord colors are “Burgundy & Gold") Cord cost is $8.50 and must be ordered on-line. Click on "honor cords" to be directed to the appropriate selection page. www.balfourmd.com

On February 3, 2018 the Biotechnology Career Academy Biotech II G/T students competed in the Howard County Brain Bee at Howard Community College. The Brain Bee is a Neurobiology knowledge bowl that tests the students' understanding of topics related to neural anatomy, biochemistry, and medicine. All students performed exceptionally well. Eric Stanford took 2nd place and Tori Krzyzanowski took 3rd…

Animation & Interactive Media student Chloe Colvin, also enrolled in Atholton High School, won the MSET Desktop Publishing contest for her script "Birds of a Feather." Her work will be presented May 3rd and 4th as part of this year's Common Ground Conference.

The 2018 ARL T-Shirt contest design winners are for sale now through 3/31 for ONLY $15. Purchase one today at http://bit.ly/2FxxPp9

Great NEWS(IES)!! Reservoir High School was selected as a finalist in Playbill's "Seize the Day" Challenge! The challenge was to create a video showing our school doing something positive in the community. We created a video of our work with The Other Bucket, a local charity that helps families dealing with cancer and extreme poverty. The winner of the competition…

Howard County Policy 2010 specifies that Howard County students in grades 6-11 shall have the opportunity to elect the Student Member of the Howard County Board of Education (SMOB) to a one-year term. The responsibilities of this position are extensive. The student member must spend at least two evenings per month in attendance at BOE meetings. Considerable time prior to…

Students can receive a prompt for the Dale Carnegie Young Adult Leadership Program essay contest in the Front Lobby or Library. Please use the following link to submit the completed essay by February 15th, https://goo.gl/forms/dxcEQOJRbHQrzGYz1

It's not too late to join SkillsUSA! The organization is great to have on your resume and includes amazing competitions for your academy. Email skillsusaarlhoco@gmail.com for details or visit Mrs. Lebaron or Mrs. Donatich for more information.

Members of Trailblazers LEAD will participate in leadership development activities provided by the University of Maryland LEAD program. In addition, they will have guest speakers that will focus on developing elevator speeches, opportunities for community involvement, and leadership at Ground Zero, 9/11. Members will also create and promote activities that may include food drives, fundraisers, spirit weeks, and more. The…